Events

Rutgers Energy Institute, Rutgers Climate Institute and Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy present a mini-panel with Jason Schwartz (Legal Director, Institute for Policy Integrity;
Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law) and John Larsen (Senior Analyst, Rhodium Group).

The Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of policies on climate change, health insurance subsidies, and other critical issues that test the limits of federal government regulation. How is the Court likely to rule on these issues? And what is unique about litigating cases before the Supreme Court? Sean Donahue and Peter Keisler are frequent adversaries in the Supreme Court, regularly representing opposing sides in environmental cases. Caitlin Halligan, former Solicitor General of the State of New York, is a prominent legal expert who has argued numerous cases involving a broad set of federal regulatory programs. The panelists will discuss their past experiences and speculate about the Court’s future direction.

Policy Integrity’s legal director Jason Schwartz will speak at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., as part of the Penn Program on Regulation’s workshop, “Agenda-Setting in the Regulatory State: Theory and Evidence” on November 7th.

The Institute for Policy Integrity’s annual fall workshop focused on the Obama Administration’s recent efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, as well as the future of U.S. climate policy more generally.

United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island gave keynote remarks, along with Joel Beauvais, Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy at EPA. The day’s panel discussions featured a mix of state government officials, legal academics, and representatives of both the private sector and leading environmental nonprofits.

Richard Revesz will present a seminar on “The Core Failure of U.S. Environmental Law: The Grandfathering of Existing Sources under the Clean Air Act” at the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law at the University of Melbourne.

The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis jointly offered a three-day training program for environmental advocates and attorneys on financial issues involving coal-fired power plants, export terminals, and mines. Panels addressed the major dynamics driving the coal market in the United States and around the world; making the economic transition from coal; and the current economics of solar, wind, and energy efficiency alternatives.

Richard Revesz spoke at the Penn Program on Regulation on the new book “Does Regulation Kill Jobs?” published by the University of Pennsylvania Press and edited by Penn Law faculty members Cary Coglianese, Adam M. Finkel, and Christopher Carrigan.

The Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental and Land Use Law brought together a panel of experts to discuss the October 15th Supreme Court decision to review only a narrow issue in an expansive DC Circuit Court decision on greenhouse gas regulation. The group examined the implications of the decision and the general consensus view that it will have little effect on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate climate-altering pollution from both stationary and mobile sources. Also to be discussed are the real-world consequences for greenhouse gas controls, and—in leaving EPA’s endangerment finding in place—the ability for the EPA to proceed with its ambitious program for controlling greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

Policy Integrity brought together leading practitioners, government officials, and academics for our fifth annual practitioners’ workshop on the federal regulatory process. The workshop was an introduction to economic analysis and its role in the regulatory process, as well as a nuanced look at how the technique is used by federal administrative agencies. This year’s workshop also marked Policy Integrity’s fifth anniversary and the twentieth anniversary of Executive Order 12,866, which serves as the foundation for our work. Watch here.

On Monday and Tuesday, March 18-19, the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis will bring together environmental advocates and attorneys from around the country for a two-day training program on financial issues surrounding investments in coal-fired power plants, export terminals, mines and related coal facilities. Continuing Legal Education credit will be available for attorneys.